Although their venom isn’t not lethal to humans it is used to subdue and kill the prey, and they are also known to strangle their prey to death like the Boa Constrictor snakes. When this vicious snake feels threatened its first reaction is to lunge at the threatening object and attempt to bite. This snake is an above average breeder producing 4 to 12 eggs approximately twice a year. This reptile was introduced after World War II when the snake was accidently transported from the South Pacific to Guam allowing for the snake to introduce to other locations such as Florida unknowingly (Rodda, 1992). Since there are no natural predators present in
The most dangerous species of jellyfish is the box jellyfish, which is widely known as the sea wasp as well. This type of jellyfish is the most poisonous animal in the world. The box jellyfish belongs to the class Cubozoa. Their tentacles are usually several feet long, and their body has a box-like shape to it and can be as small as a few millimeters in diameter to the size of a
Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnakes have a pair of long hollow fangs that they can inject venom into their prey. During a strike an Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake will eject the fangs at the last possible moment. The Massasaugas rattlesnakes are eaten by eagles, herons and some mammals. Does the Rattlesnake have a relationship with humans? The Massasaugas rattlesnake will not attack humans if they are left alone.
Catfights mainly happen when two cats are fighting for territory. Mercury poisoning happens when mercury leaks into the water and either the Panther directly drinks it, or an animal that they eat drinks the poisoned water. Kitten survival rate is not good either because many are affected by heart conditions from inbreeding. Not many things are being done to stop the Panthers from becoming extinct, but something’s are. Texas Pumas were released to breed with the Panthers.
Finally it is drained into the ocean. 13. What makes some jellyfish so dangerous? Why was Marlin not affected? Most jelly fish are dangerous as they sting other creatures, when touched by one of their tentacles.
They are heavily built, and weigh up an average to about 1.8kg. But what really sets the Cane Toad apart is what’s in its glands. Behind their ears are the Parotid glands. The parotid gland produce a milky toxic substance or poison that is dangerous to many species. As for how they got here, you can thank Australia for that.
Litter sizes vary from one to 15 with White Tips are a commercially important animal to humans seeing as how its fins are used for shark fin soup and its meat and oils utilized for consumption, its hides are often used for leather as well. Many scientists have referred to this shark as the most dangerous shark in the world, despite the more notorious Great White and Tiger, the white tip is responsible for more human deaths then all shark species combined. With one incident alone, the torpedoing of USS Indianapolis on 30 July 1945, giving a minimum figure of between 60 and 80 sailors killed by sharks. While diving with these sharks is done often it is not advised. So Respect and Fear this great animal who is number 4 on animal planets deadliest
The scorpions tail is called the metasoma containing the scorpions anus, and the telson. The telson holds a pair of venom glands, and the hypodermic aculeus, the venom-injecting barb. Scorpions are commonly thought of being found in the desert, but they also live in Brazilian forests, British Columbia, North Carolina, and the Himalayas. Scorpions prefer to live in areas where the temperature ranges from 68°F to 99°F, but they can also survive from freezing temperatures to the desert heat. Scorpions are nocturnal and fossorial, they find shelter during the day in a relatively cool place such as underground holes, and they come out at night to hunt and feed.
The given passage is an excerpt from Ray Bradbury’s ‘A Sound of Thunder’ and this passage is a description of the slow, violent killing of a tyrannosaurus. The passage is fictional, written in the third person narrative and it is presented in 3 paragraphs. Ray Bradbury’s intension in this passage is to thoroughly and graphically describe the killing of the dinosaur and he conveys this through his powerful use of language. He tries to create a response from the readers where the readers are disgusted at the dinosaur. The tone of the passage is quite sinister and bitter as it is describing the death of an animal.
aspects of a reptile that are more evolved than the aspects in an amphibian. The aspects of a reptile that are more evolved than the aspects in an amphibian are that reptiles can live without the presence of water; depend mostly of the sun; they have a hard skin; get bigger within the years; live in forests, jungles, or desert; eat meat; they have a long life; lay hard-shelled eggs in land; defend with its teeth and the sharp fangs; breath outside the water; move very fast with its long tail and long limbs, they don’t feed babies, and they have no fur to protect from cold. On the other hand, amphibians cannot live without the presence of water; have a soft, smooth and thin skin; their size is very small; eat insects and plants; have a short life span; lay jelly-like eggs in the water; they first breath in and then out of the water; and they move slower than reptiles with its short tail and limbs. Both amphibians and reptiles are cold blooded and that is why they both need to live in the tropics where there is hot weather to keep them warm. Millions of years ago, reptiles lived in swamps and were very small, oversized by amphibians.